Shawn Swaboda Lee (October 24, 1966 – February 26, 2011) was an

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who played eleven seasons with the

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(1988–89), the

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(1990–91), the

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(1992–97), and the

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(1998) in the

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. He started in

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for the Chargers. Lee and

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were nicknamed "The Two Tons of Fun". Shawn Lee was educated at the

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as a communications Major. He was a co-founder of the Players Community Resource Center. Lee, who had been struggling with diabetes for the past few years, died on February 26, 2011, from cardiac arrest brought on by double pneumonia. Lee was 44.

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